期刊
JOURNAL OF MEMBRANE SCIENCE
卷 515, 期 -, 页码 175-188出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2016.05.048
关键词
MXenes; Composite membrane; Solvent resistant nanofiltration; Interfacial transfer pathway; Trade-off
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21576244, 21476215]
Solvent resistant nanofiltration (SRNF) technology is an energy efficient and environmentally friendly alternative to purify alcohol-based mixtures, but there exists a challenge in overcoming the trade-off between membrane flux and rejection. Herein, as the representative of the emerging family of MXenes, Ti3C2Tx nanosheets with abundant -OH groups are chosen as nanofillers to prepare SRNF composite membrane after being incorporated into two typical polymer matrixes: hydrophilic polyethyleneimine (PEI) and hydrophobic polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Systematic characterizations and measurements suggest that the uniformly dispersed Ti3C2Tx nanosheets enhance the thermal/mechanical stabilities and solvent resistance for both polymer-based membranes through steric effects and/or interfacial interactions. Besides, the horizontally-lied Ti3C2Tx nanosheets give significant promotion on the transfer of alcohol molecules by providing additional pathways along nanosheet surface using OH as adsorption site. Particularly, they afford improvements of alcohol flux as high as 30% to PEI-based membrane and 162% to PDMS-based membrane. Meanwhile, the rejection abilities are dramatically improved with MWCOs below 200 Da due to the blockage of solute transfer by the nanosheets. These results indicate that the trade-off between alcohol flux and solute rejection is readily overcome. The transfer properties of weak- or non-polar solvents and the long-term operation stability of membranes are also explored. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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